{"id":5217,"date":"2025-12-11T17:18:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibliotecanazionalemarciana.cultura.gov.it\/library\/history\/bibliotecari-custodi-direttori-biblioteca-marciana\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:12:29","slug":"librarians-custodians-and-directors-of-the-biblioteca-marciana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bibliotecanazionalemarciana.cultura.gov.it\/en\/library\/history\/librarians-custodians-and-directors-of-the-biblioteca-marciana\/","title":{"rendered":"Librarians, Custodians, and Directors of the Biblioteca Marciana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section preset--module--divi-section--default\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row row-full pd-left\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet 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from 1485 to 1797<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#custodi\" title=\"Custodians from 1485 to 1797\"><u>Custodians from 1485 to 1797<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#direttori\" title=\"Directors of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana from 1797 to the present day\"><u>Directors of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana from 1797 to the present day<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_3_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_pb_row_nested et_flex_row\" id=\"bibliotecari\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Librarians from 1485 to 1797<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1485: first \"Bibliothecarius Sancti Marci\" Marco Barbarigo (later Doge)<\/li>\n<li>1485-1486: Agostino Barbarigo, fratello di Marco (later Doge)<\/li>\n<li>1486-1506: Marc'Antonio Coccia di Vicovaro known as il Sabellico<\/li>\n<li>1515-1529: Andrea Navagero<\/li>\n<li>1530-1543: Pietro Bembo<\/li>\n<li>1543-1547: Benedetto Ramberti<\/li>\n<li>1547-1558: the library was directed by Andrea de\u2019 Franceschi until 1551, then by the Scotsman John Dempster<\/li>\n<li>1558-1575: Bernardino Loredan (first Librarian of the Library of St Mark)<\/li>\n<li>1575-1582: Alvise Gradenigo<\/li>\n<li>158?-1586: Alvise Pesaro<\/li>\n<li>1588-1601: Benedetto Zorzi<\/li>\n<li>1601-1602: Niccol\u00f2 Morosini<\/li>\n<li>1611-1623: Giovanni Querini<\/li>\n<li>1623-1636: Girolamo Soranzo<\/li>\n<li>1636-1648: Giovanni Nani<\/li>\n<li>1650-1651: Alvise Contarini<\/li>\n<li>1659-1678: Battista Nani<\/li>\n<li>1679-1694: Silvestro Valier (later Doge)<\/li>\n<li>1694-1709: Francesco Corner<\/li>\n<li>1709-1735: Girolamo Venier<\/li>\n<li>1736-1742: Lorenzo Tiepolo<\/li>\n<li>1742-1762: Marco Foscarini (later Doge)<\/li>\n<li>1762-1763: Alvise IV Mocenigo (later Doge)<\/li>\n<li>1764-1775: Girolamo Grimani<\/li>\n<li>1775-1778: Girolamo Ascanio Giustinian<br \/>\n(<em>from 1775 the office was fixed at a three-year term)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1778-1780: Girolamo Grimani<\/li>\n<li>1781-1782: Girolamo Ascanio Giustinian<\/li>\n<li>1784-1786: Alvise II Piero Contarini<\/li>\n<li>1786-1789: Francesco Pesaro<\/li>\n<li>1789-1791: Girolamo Ascanio Giustinian<\/li>\n<li>1791-1794: Zaccaria Vallaresso<\/li>\n<li>1794-1797: Francesco Pesaro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_pb_row_nested et_flex_row\" id=\"custodi\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div 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the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana from 1797 to the present day<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jacopo Morelli: from June 1797 to 1819<\/li>\n<li>Pietro Bettio: from 1819 to 1846<\/li>\n<li>Giuseppe Valentinelli: from 1846 to 1874<\/li>\n<li>Giovanni Veludo: from 1874 to 1884<\/li>\n<li>Carlo Castellani: from 1884 to 1897<\/li>\n<li>Salomone Morpurgo: from 1898 to 1905<\/li>\n<li>Carlo Frati: from December 1905 to July 1913<\/li>\n<li>Giulio Coggiola: from 1913 to September 1919<\/li>\n<li>Ester Pastorello (acting): from September 1919 to November 1920<\/li>\n<li>Luigi Ferrari: from December 1920 to July 1948<\/li>\n<li>Pietro Zorzanello: from 1948 to 1951<\/li>\n<li>Tullia Gasparrini Leporace: from 1951 to 1969<\/li>\n<li>Giorgio Emanuele Ferrari: from 1969 to 1973<\/li>\n<li>Eugenia Govi: from 1973 to 1976<\/li>\n<li>Gian Albino Ravalli Modoni: from 1976 to 1989<\/li>\n<li>Marino Zorzi: from 1989 to 30 November 2007<\/li>\n<li>Roberto Di Carlo (acting): from December 2007 to April 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